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Laravel GroupBy: Practical Examples

Example 2. GROUP BY Aggregation: SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT

This example will show you how to group by a column and aggregate data from other columns. For example, we need to display the average order total for each user:

In this case, let's make an all-in-one example for all those functions.

Controller

use App\Models\Order;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
// ...
 
$orders = Order::query();
 
switch ($request->input('value')) {
    case 'sum':
    default:
        $orders = $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('sum(total) as value'));
        break;
    case 'avg':
        $orders = $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('avg(total) as value'));
        break;
    case 'min':
        $orders = $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('min(total) as value'));
        break;
    case 'max':
        $orders = $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('max(total) as value'));
        break;
    case 'count':
        $orders = $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('count(total) as value'));
        break;
}
 
$orders = $orders->with('user:name,id')
    ->groupBy('user_id')
    ->get();
 
return view('examples.groupByAggregateFunctions', [
    'orders' => $orders
]);

As you can see, we have a variety of functions we use to display different types of data:

  • sum() - Display total order values for each user
  • avg() - Display average order values for each user
  • min() - Display minimum order values for each user
  • max() - Display maximum order values for each user
  • count() - Display the total number of orders for each user

All of this lands in the value column from this SQL query:

select `user_id`, sum(total) as value
from `orders`
group by `user_id`
# or
select `user_id`, avg(total) as value
from `orders`
group by `user_id`
# or
select `user_id`, min(total) as value
from `orders`
group by `user_id`
# or
select `user_id`, max(total) as value
from `orders`
group by `user_id`
# or
select `user_id`, count(total) as value
from `orders`
group by `user_id`

Which we can display in our view along with a simple navigation to switch between the different functions:

View

{{-- ... --}}
<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="{{ route('group-by-aggregate-functions', ['value' => 'sum']) }}">
            Sum order totals
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="{{ route('group-by-aggregate-functions', ['value' => 'avg']) }}">
            Average order value
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="{{ route('group-by-aggregate-functions', ['value' => 'count']) }}">
            Orders per User
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="{{ route('group-by-aggregate-functions', ['value' => 'min']) }}">
            Min order
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="{{ route('group-by-aggregate-functions', ['value' => 'max']) }}">
            Max order
        </a>
    </li>
</ul>
 
<table class="table-auto w-full">
    <thead>
    <tr>
        <th class="px-4 py-2">Name</th>
        <th class="px-4 py-2">Value</th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    @foreach ($orders as $order)
        <tr>
            <td class="border px-4 py-2">{{ $order->user->name }}</td>
            <td class="border px-4 py-2">{{ $order->value }}</td>
        </tr>
    @endforeach
    </tbody>
</table>
{{-- ... --}}

In the end, we have a simple navigation that allows us to switch between different aggregate functions and display the data in a table, like total order count by user:

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Amit Erandole

Here's a nice modern php match statement folks can use instead of switch case from the controller above:

        $orders = Order::query();

        $value = $request->input('value');

        $orders = match ($value) {
            'avg' => $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('avg(total) as value')),
            'min' => $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('min(total) as value')),
            'max' => $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('max(total) as value')),
            'count' => $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('count(total) as value')),
            default => $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw('sum(total) as value')),
        };
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Said Makamba

Thank you

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Luis Antonio Parrado

Here another way without using match, (avoid code repetition)

$orders = Order::query();

$value = $request->input('value');

$value = collect(['sum', 'avg', 'min', 'max', 'count'])->contains($value) ? $value : 'sum';

$orders = $orders->select('user_id', DB::raw($value.'(total) as value'));
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Modestas

Heh, this is nice, but so over engineered :) That said, there is indeed many ways to do the same thing!

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Said Makamba

You`re always the best, thank you.